Borgogno, Cannubi, Nebbiolo, history. We are talking 120 years ago, when Cavalier Francesco Borgogno started selling his wine from his small tavern in the historic center of Barolo (link HERE for their website)

When third generation Serio Borgogno said "Follow traditions, always remember your origins and protect them”, it was a lesson for the whole of Barolo. Some of course had veered away from such teachings, only to find themselves on the fringe and later re-entering the traditional approaches with a new understanding and respect for the old ways. It's like other old say: "if it ain't broken, don't fix it". Just like in music, to this day and in the age of digital, the one and only way to get great, and unequaled tone from your guitar, is to put it through a TUBE AMP. Ancient technology that still hasn't been matched in terms of quality. Why try to re-invent the wheel?

Barolo is a unique part of the world and Nebbiolo certainly a unique grape. What is done there, with traditional methods cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world, period.

Which brings me to this wonderful bottle of Nebbiolo: first off, it's 2013, a great, already legendary vintage. I always look for these "little" wines in great vintage, because they invariably tend to over-deliver in terms of price/quality ratio.